Cyberbully Mom Club is Shari Heck from Philadelphia. She makes a deliciously sad brand of lo-fi bedroom pop. Her new album, Outdoor Activities came out this week.
There’s a fair bit of variation within this fuzzy emo loveliness. Opening track ‘thought you were better than that’ has shades of Kimya Dawson, while ‘pouring’ is reminiscent of Coma Cinema. The answer-phone love letter vocals on ‘drunk text romance’ bring to mind Daniel Johnston and ‘frozen yogurt is my favourite treat’ employs the help of the (presumably young) Ariana Heck to produce the finest tribute frozen yogurt you will hear all year.
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The blurb on Bandcamp is a few words by the… uh… New York Times:
’“sounds like when shows or movies parody the whole “so sad indie/folk cafe” stereotype with really bad vocals, super basic instrumentals/song writing, and lyrics that amount to “im sad tfw no gf/bf so sad”
thanks new york times’
CBMC also released an album back in April called Milo the Dog Sees Colors, which is also very much worth your time. Listen to my favourite song from that below.
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You can grab the albums from Bandcamp. Also be sure to check out the split release from CBMC and Adult Mom, I Tried to Run Away When I Was Six, and browse the Porcelain Veneers Esty store for CBMC-related arty goodies.